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LAGUNA BEACH, Calif.—Digging my heels into the warm sand, lying in the most calming of environments, I couldn’t help but feel uneasy. Earlier, I was swimming in the water, careful to avoid the seaweed and eager to stay just behind each upcoming wave...

Author: By Jasmine J. Mahmoud, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Joys of Summer | 6/28/2002 | See Source »

...that moment—lying face up on my striped towel, my wet feet enveloped in sand, my eyes closed as they faced the sun—the conversation I was having with my friend, about her wanting to be as dark as me by the end of the summer, had trailed off into nothingness. It was my fault—my sparse replies signaled that my thoughts were otherwise occupied...

Author: By Jasmine J. Mahmoud, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Joys of Summer | 6/28/2002 | See Source »

...dove for her pillow in her Hong Kong hotel room after a rough day traveling, Swedish businesswoman Margareta Anderssen spotted something moving on the desk. Inside a small bowl was some colorful plastic sea-stuff, sand and, unmistakably, a live, tail-flapping goldfish. "Hi!" read a message stuck on the bowl. "What am I doing here?" the cheeky note asked. "Let's face it. You're in Hong Kong alone and maybe you need an ear to talk to at night. I'm a great listener. I'm here as long as you want me, but if you're tired...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Detour | 6/24/2002 | See Source »

...cast of local scenery-chewers. Anthony Quinn must have had dual citizenship back then: he played in "Attila" with Sophia Loren, "Ulysses" with Kirk Douglas and Silvana Mangano, and Fellini's Oscar-winning "La Strada" with Giulietta Masina. I didn't see the "Hercules" movies and other sword-and-sand epics, but they were probably the biggest-grossing Italian pictures of the decade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That Old Feeling: Two Voyages to Italy | 6/19/2002 | See Source »

FLOWER POWER Just 80 km south of Dongara and a three-hour drive from Perth lies the dusty, sunbaked township of Eneabba, which has as many dogs as people. It's home to a general store, some uninspired architecture and a rutile sand factory, which employs half the population of 286. This is a place to fill the gas tank, wipe the splattered insects off the windscreen and vamoose in a cloud of dust. But from mid-July to the end of October, Eneabba undergoes a startling transformation into one of Australia's most impressive natural attractions. The spring rains...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hot Spot: Eneabba | 6/17/2002 | See Source »

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